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Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by SwellJoe »

Casio has been leaving a lot of money on the table in terms of nostalgia products. There's been a low rumble of demand for the Casio CZ series of synthesizers for a decade or more, and a bunch of non-Casio companies have cashed in on it (Behringer makes CZ-1 Mini, Arturia has CZ V, several other phase distortion synths exist). It's incredibly cheap to replicate, a simple early digital synthesis algorithm that'll run on anything; Korg has been making ARM-based emulation synths (basically a Raspberry Pi-like SoC in a keyboard form factor with some knobs) for a decade or more and I have to assume their margins are very comfortable since most of the guts are off-the-shelf low-cost parts rather than custom chips.

But, I guess their watches were always a bigger business than the synths.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by karlgkk »

SwellJoe wrote: post #161

Casio has been leaving a lot of money on the table in terms of nostalgia products. There's been a low rumble of demand for the Casio CZ series of synthesizers for a decade or more, and a bunch of non-Casio companies have cashed in on it (Behringer makes CZ-1 Mini, Arturia has CZ V, several other phase distortion synths exist). It's incredibly cheap to replicate, a simple early digital synthesis algorithm that'll run…

the watches are a high end fast fashion brand in japan. it seems to be very lucrative

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by VPenkov »

jorvi wrote: post #17

One thing I've never understood (and hopefully some Casio geek can shine a light on): why do almost all old Casio models have a 24/12h time switch taking the premium spot as one of the main 4 buttons, instead of having it buried deep in the (awkward) menus. Seems to me that something like alarm or stopwatch setting or a second menu action button would have been far more useful.

Newish Casio user here. From what I understand, it's so that you can switch it to 24h after accidentally switching it to 12h and vice versa.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by aidenn0 »

Casio has so many great, cheap, watches for which you don't accidentally change the time, reset your stop watch, or switch from between 12/24h mode every time you bend your wrist.

The F201W (which this appears to be based off of) is not one of them.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by Markoff »

caseyohara wrote: post #34
Markoff wrote: post #8

shame it doesn't have notifications, otherwise it would be perfect so I guess I'm staying on my third Amazfit Bip since Pebble Time 2 has insane price

That's an interesting take. I wear a non-smart watch specifically because I don't want notifications or any smart features. I wore an Apple watch for years but went back to a dumb analog watch when I got tired of the distractions.

and as someone who want dumb watch you have tons of options compared to someone who just want small watch with notifications which will last at least one month and have real AOD

no such thing besides old Amazfit Bip and overpriced pebble time 2 exists, everything else has either no battery life or looks like brick on wrist (greetings to Garmin and Casio)

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by slumberlust »

Retr0id wrote: post #150

Hmmmmmmmm. I've always been a fan of the classic Casio aesthetic, and I want to want it, but this is a strange point in the functionality-vs-price space. A base F-91W costs less than half that, and my phone can already track steps with reasonable reliability. An entry-level fitbit costs about the same and monitors way more stats including heart rate, SpO2. Worse battery life and appearance, but if I wanted that featu…

Some of us prefer looser fitting bands. Most of smart watch features are useless unless you strap it down tight. I'd bite on something like this if the form factor wasn't off.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by Markoff »

Pfhortune wrote: post #106
Markoff wrote: post #8

shame it doesn't have notifications, otherwise it would be perfect so I guess I'm staying on my third Amazfit Bip since Pebble Time 2 has insane price

If you want a coin-cell powered watch with a couple of years battery-life, but still want notifications, the G-Shock GBD-200/300s have this feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCq1ei5cT_8 It's not great... but it's something?

huge dimensions comparable to bricks sold by Garmin, key new know when Casio will produce something with F-91W dimensions

if I have to choose between used Amazfit Bip for 15-20$ or pebble time 2 with worse (bigger) dimensions, worse battery life (even compared to 5+ yo Bip battery) and not even built in GPS for 200+ $ it's pretty easy choice

pebble PR team enjoy downvoting me

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by cryo32 »

VPenkov wrote: post #163
jorvi wrote: post #17

One thing I've never understood (and hopefully some Casio geek can shine a light on): why do almost all old Casio models have a 24/12h time switch taking the premium spot as one of the main 4 buttons, instead of having it buried deep in the (awkward) menus. Seems to me that something like alarm or stopwatch setting or a second menu action button would have been far more useful.

Newish Casio user here. From what I understand, it's so that you can switch it to 24h after accidentally switching it to 12h and vice versa.

Been using Casio watches since 1983. That is exactly what it is for.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by benrutter »

jorvi wrote: post #17

One thing I've never understood (and hopefully some Casio geek can shine a light on): why do almost all old Casio models have a 24/12h time switch taking the premium spot as one of the main 4 buttons, instead of having it buried deep in the (awkward) menus. Seems to me that something like alarm or stopwatch setting or a second menu action button would have been far more useful.

Wearing a Casio as I type this. The "24hr" button switches 12/24 modes on the "watch" mode, when using stopwatch it starts the watch, and when using alarms it turns the alarm on/off.

It has pretty critical functionality for those, I think the way its labeled on the watch face just makes it sound a little odd.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by bestouff »

themadturk wrote: post #149
bestouff wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OK, but who would use 12h time ? I never understood, this seems so backwards.

How about someone who was raised on 12h time and has used it for 70 years? Sure, the math to convert is pretty easy, but why?

Ok right. I didn't know people were used to that.
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